Whats this?

[Bgal]

Could someone tell me the purpose of this line of code please?

<META NAME=&quot;MSSmartTagsPreventParsing&quot; content=&quot;TRUE&quot;>

What is an MS Smart tag?

Thanks in advance

 

[ayjaycee]

The metatag is used to turn off Smart Tags - a technology that M$ were intending to introduce with IE6 (but backed down at the last minute).

See

http://www.alistapart.com/stories/smarttags/

for an example article on the dustup surrounding Smart Tags ...

TandA

http://www.tanda.f2s.com

One by one, the penguins steal my sanity.

 

[sjcmis]

Check Microsoft's definition here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnofftalk/html/office06072001.asp

A blurb from the above link says:

Microsoft® Office XP introduces an exciting new technology called smart tags. Smart tags provide users with the ability to associate text and data with actions. For example, if you type the stock ticker symbol MSFT into a Microsoft Word 2002 document or a Microsoft Excel 2002 spreadsheet, and smart tags are enabled, a list of actions will appear, such as viewing a stock quote, company report, or recent news on MSN® MoneyCentral™. Office XP provides several smart tags in the box, but you can develop your own smart tags as well. For example, you can develop smart tags that automate lookups, such as cross-referencing Social Security numbers with case records, city names with local news feeds, or stock keeping units (SKUs) with inventory levels, just to name a few. Later on in this column, I will show you how to develop your own smart tags. But first, let's take a look at which products in the Office XP suite support smart tags, and how you can enable individual smart tags.

 

[Bgal]

Thanks for replying so quickly. I think i read something about this where MS could get part of your site to link to their pages without your permission. I'll go to the links you provided and read up.

Thanks